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BME 281Mechanics of Deformable Solids

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Biomedical Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Introduction to mechanical response of materials and stress-strain relationship. Behaviour of prismatic members in tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion. Introduction to deflection of beams and instability. Mechanical properties of biological tissues, such as bone, ligaments, and cartilage. Introduction to viscoelastic models.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • CIVE204 - Solid Mechanics 1 (0.50)
    • ME219 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids 1 (0.50)
    • SYDE286 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001484891 / 96M 13:00–14:20
W 13:00–14:20
TUT 101484991 / 96T 09:00–09:50

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From 27 ratings and 5 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The level of difficulty you will find the course is dependent on how well you did in statics. As long as you understand the practice problems given by the professor, all of the assessments are very similar to them.

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  • Naveen is the goat. Very engaging lectures and concepts are easy to understand. The tests, midterm, and final had questions from the lessons/problem sets. Favourite course of 2A.

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  • Great course, has lots of useful concepts. If you're good at basic math and physics you're probably good at this. Not sure how useful it will be in the future; I think that will depend on what field you go into later on in life.

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  • Had Naveen as a prof and he was really the best at teaching and explained all the concepts in great depth and was super clear about it. However, the recorded lectures sucked because he wrote on a black board and sometimes it was illegible but overall fine. The quizzes usually had one question that was super hard that most of the class failed and one was really easy and one medium one.

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  • Had Prof Kwon, who made somewhat difficult material much more digestible. Very organized course with exams that actually reflect lecture content. Engaging to listen to & as fun as this course can be I guess

    Nov 2020 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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